minor term
Britishnoun
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The missing minor term is however supposed to be latent in the transition from the conjunctive to the simple form of proposition.
From Deductive Logic by St. George William Joseph Stock
The minor term is the subject of the minor premise 130 and the subject of the conclusion.
From English: Composition and Literature by W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
Of the other terms, mortal, which is the more inclusive, is known as the major term, and Socrates, the less inclusive, as the minor term.
From The Making of Arguments by J. H. Gardiner
In other words, if both the major term and the minor term lie outside the middle term, the syllogism gives us no means of knowing what their relation is to each other.
From The Making of Arguments by J. H. Gardiner
In the Fourth Figure, A.A.A. and E.A.E. involve illicit process of the minor term; A.I.I.,
From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Carveth Read
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